Improvement in washing-machines



PA NTQF Q FRANCIS w. HENSQN, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANTA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.. 135,805, datedFebruary 11, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS W. Hanson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,have invented an Improved- Washing-Machine, of which the following is aspecification:

The object of my invention is a machine of simple and economical"construction for washing clothes, 830., having working parts soarranged that they can be readily removed from their casing in order toconvert the latter into a tub for the thorough cleaning by hand of sucharticles as cannot be readily washed in a machine.

This object I accomplish by constructing the machine in the manner bestobserved in the perspective view, Figure 1, of the accompanying drawing,the clothes or other articles being placed within a wire-gauze cylinder,A,-

provided with internal rubbers, and to which a rotary movement within abox or casing, B, partially filled with soapsuds, is imparted by acrank-shaft, D, provided at its inner end with a cog-wheel, a, gearinginto a larger wheel, 12, at one end of the cylinder, the latter and thecrank-shaft, which is clamped to one end of the casing, as hereafterdescribed, being detachable from the said casing so as to enable thesame to be used as an ordinary wash-tub.

The construction of the cylinder A will be best observed on reference tothe sectional views, Figs. 2 and3. The frame consists of heads at and1}, connected by strips 6, corrugated on their inner edges, as shown, soas to form internal rubbers transverse rubbers f being also secured tothe inner sides of he heads, and the walls of the cylinder consistwholly of galvanized wire-gauze or cloth, 9 secured to the frame thusconstructed, a portion,

h,of one side of the cylinder being removable for the introduction andremoval offthe clothes. The cylinder has journalsi i at "its oppositeends, adapted to bracket-bearings j within the casing B, from which thesaid journals can be lifted-in order to remove the cylinder; and securedto the .head d of the latter is a cog-wheel, b, gearing into a wheel, a,of about half the number of teeth on ashaft, D, provided at its outerend with a hand-crank, k, and turning in a long bearing, 1, projectingof the casing, and thus determines the proper height of the crank-shaft,in respect to the cylinder, in'fittin g the parts together.

In using .the machine the casing is partially filled with soap-suds, andthe clothes or other articles are then placed in the wiregauze cylinder,to which a rotating movement is imparted by means of the crank-shaft. Inthus rotating the cylinder the clothes are thrown against the heatersand the exterior of. the cylinder, and the water, which flowsunobstructedly through the gauze sides of the latter, passes freelyamong and through the said clothes, which soon become cleansed.

The suds are drawn off through a cock at the bottom of the casing, (notshown in the drawing,) and the washed clothes may be rinsed with cleanwater before removing them from the cylinder.

It will be observed that thereare no projecting journals or openingsthrough the casing beneath the water-line, as in other washing-machines, and it will be evident, therefore, that there will be noleakage.

By simply loosening the nut g the pressure of the clamps m and m againstthe opposite sides of the end of the casing will be relieved, and thesaid parts, and with them the crank shaft and its cog-wheel, may then belifted bodily and removed from the machine, after which the cylinder canalso be removed by simply lifting it from its bearings, the casing beingthen available for use as an ordinary wash-tub.

I claim as my invention-- 1 A washingmachine, in which are com bined acasing, B, to contain soap-suds, and

a rotating wire-gauze cylinder or cage, A, constructed with internalrubbers to contain the clothes or ot-her articles to be washed.

2. The combination, substantially as de scribed, 0f the casing B,cylinder 01' cage A, In testimony whereof "I vhave signed in ygees-wheel b, and the detachable crank D name tovthis'speeificatfion inthe presenne of and its pinion a. f two subsciibing witnesses. M

3. The combination with the era-nk-sha t i D and slotted end of tilecasing, of the clamp- RANOIS B ing-plates m and m, bolt 01* bearing 1,and Witnesses: I nut q,al1 substantially as and for the purpose WM. A.STEEL, specified. HUBERT HowsoN.

